Sr Staff Data Architect

Job description

**Job Description Summary**
This position is responsible for recommending, directing, and assisting with the creation, implementation and operation of scalable and secure architecture and practices with which to enable our data platform solutions and services.

This role involves creating roadmaps, coaching and supporting domain specific architects and advancing patterns and practices in their adherence to sound architecture that complies with both industry best practices as well as a variety of regulatory requirements across our Ingestion, Data Lake, & Data Warehouse services.

**Job Description**

**Roles and Responsibilities:**

In this role you will:

+ Analyze, design and develop unifying roadmaps, design patterns, and implementation priorities across the ingestion, lake and warehouse services

+ Mentor and support the platforms specific architects, engineers, and service owners

+ Identify gaps in and advance service compliance with data and security regulations like CMMC, DFARS, ITAR, NIST 800-171).

+ Identify gaps in and advance service process maturity in accordance with ITIL service management principals, such as Change Management, Problem Management, Capacity and Performance management.

+ Participates in the Data Governance Council, United Technology Council, and the Customer Advisory Board regular meeting cadences.

+ Leads the research and evaluation of emerging data technology, industry and market trends to assist in project development and/or operational support actives.

+ Assist with monitoring, tracking and forecasting of cloud costs across services

+ Participate and assist with after-hours and holiday operational support.

+ Act as a bridge between the Ingestion, Data Lake, & Data warehouse Service Teams and the Data Automation, Data Analytics, & BI/Viz Service Teams; driving consistency in approach where applicable & always fostering partnership.

**Minimum Qualifications:**

+ Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or “STEM” Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience
+ Minimum 5 years in databases, data space, AWS Redshift, & data ingestion and minimum of 4 years of experience on AWS or equivalent cloud technologies

Eligibility Requirement:

+ Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required.

We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job.

**Desired Characteristics:**

Technical:

+ Expertise in data modeling, ETL/ELT processes, and data warehousing concepts

+ Proficiency in data storage technologies: relational databases, NoSQL databases, data lakes, and cloud storage services

+ Experience with big data technologies: Hadoop, Spark, etc

+ Experienced with deploying solutions at scale and building reliable data services.

+ Understands cloud and data security principles like access management, encryption, and least-privilege design practice

+ Experience with designing and implementing security policies in AWS (IAM, resource policies, roles)

+ Experience with the concept of technical tradeoffs - including cost, availability, and performance

+ Proven experience in leading and mentoring teams

+ Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation

+ Experience with containerization technologies: like Docker and Kubernetes

Personal/Leadership:

+ Flexible style, tailors approach & message to the right audience

+ Independent & self-driven, with the ability to unify & lead others inside & outside the org on

+ Familiar with concepts of IT total cost of ownership.

Works to assure work is on-time and within budget

+ Delivers tasks on-time with alignment to architectural goals.

Can identify and raise issues, risks and benefits.

High say do ratio.

+ Proven analytical and problem resolution skills

+ Ability to influence and build consensus with other Information Technology (IT) teams and leadership

+ Passionate about Problem Solving and the continuous improvement journey along the FLIGHT DECK fundamentals.

+ Ability to thrive in a complex & matrixed organizational environment.

**Note:**

To comply with US immigration and other legal requirements, it is necessary to specify the minimum number of years' experience required for any role based within the USA.

For roles outside of the USA, to ensure compliance with applicable legislation, the JDs should focus on the substantive level of experience required for the role and a minimum number of years should NOT be used.

This Job Description is intended to provide a high level guide to the role.

However, it is not intended to amend or otherwise restrict/expand the duties required from each individual employee as set out in their respective employment contract and/or as otherwise agreed between an employee and their manager.

_This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information.

Therefore, for applicants who are not asylees, refugees, lawful permanent residents or U.S. Citizens (i.e., not a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), otherwise known as a U.S. Person), final offers will be contingent on the ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government._

**Additional Information**

GE Aerospace offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation.

GE Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity Employer (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights_10_20.pdf) .

Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

GE Aerospace will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening.

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).

**Relocation Assistance Provided:** No
GE Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

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